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Act Out! [147] - No Sanctuary: From Mothers to Mayors, Rules for Radicals & Under the Influence w/ Tarbell

Act Out! [147] - No Sanctuary: From Mothers to Mayors, Rules for Radicals & Under the Influence w/ Tarbell

Wed, 2/7/2018

This week on Act Out!, elected officials could be the next group of people rounded up and thrown in a cell. While that might sound appealing depending on the official, the reasoning behind it is nothing short of an authoritarian nightmare. Meanwhile, U.S. residents who have lived here longer than I've been alive find themselves targeted for deportation. Can we really have sanctuary cities in the midst of a tangled web of ICE and local law enforcement collusion? Next up, if you want to organize in the face of rising fascism, some rules for radicals could aid you in your work. And finally, Wendell Potter, a former health industry big-wig, unveils his project to expose and deconstruct the corporatocracy.

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The new tax law uses trickle-down economics as the basis for its tax code, the logic being: less taxes equals more money for wealthy individuals and companies that will invest in more jobs, capital improvements and wages.

The strike in West Virginia may be over but the fight continues. Teacher Brittney Barlett joins us to talk backstory, aftermath and the road ahead. Also, the geeks are watching you—and here's a solution to student debt.

One year ago, 17 people locked themselves on to a deportation charter flight at London Stansted Airport, grounding a plan that would have sent 59 people back to face reprisal – and possibly death – in Ghana and Nigeria. Now, those activists could face life imprisonment.

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“This year, thanks in part to research and outreach efforts across institutions, we have seen progress on many regulatory priorities this Network has championed for years,” the Koch brothers' memo notes, detailing victory after victory.

In a stunning visual riposte to the public inertia that has followed mass shootings in America, crowds of students at an estimated 3,000 schools across the country marched on to running tracks, through parking lots and around building perimeters.

The new tax law uses trickle-down economics as the basis for its tax code, the logic being: less taxes equals more money for wealthy individuals and companies that will invest in more jobs, capital improvements and wages.

One year ago, 17 people locked themselves on to a deportation charter flight at London Stansted Airport, grounding a plan that would have sent 59 people back to face reprisal – and possibly death – in Ghana and Nigeria. Now, those activists could face life imprisonment.

In a stunning visual riposte to the public inertia that has followed mass shootings in America, crowds of students at an estimated 3,000 schools across the country marched on to running tracks, through parking lots and around building perimeters.

The new tax law uses trickle-down economics as the basis for its tax code, the logic being: less taxes equals more money for wealthy individuals and companies that will invest in more jobs, capital improvements and wages.

In a stunning visual riposte to the public inertia that has followed mass shootings in America, crowds of students at an estimated 3,000 schools across the country marched on to running tracks, through parking lots and around building perimeters.

“This year, thanks in part to research and outreach efforts across institutions, we have seen progress on many regulatory priorities this Network has championed for years,” the Koch brothers' memo notes, detailing victory after victory.

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